Variation in pollen formation and its cytological mechanism in an allotriploid white poplar

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-290

  Wang, Jun ^a   Kang, Xiangyang ^a   Zhu, Qi ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allotriploid; Cytokinesis; Cytology; Meiosis; Microtubule; Pollen; Tree improvement; White poplar

Indexed keywords

POPULUS ALBA;

EID: 75849122331     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-009-0248-3     Document Type: Article

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